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Navdeep Yadav

Trump Files Defamation Counterclaim Against E. Jean Carroll

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 09: Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan courthouse after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s on May 09, 2023, in New York City. The jury awarded her $5 million in damages for her battery and defamation claims. Carroll has testified that she was raped by former President Trump, giving details about the alleged attack in the mid-1990s. Trump had stated that the attack never happened and has denied meeting her. He did not take the stand during the trial. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

In his ongoing legal dispute with author E. Jean Carroll, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a counterclaim accusing her of defamation. 

The former president had accused Carroll of defaming him during an appearance on CNN on May 10 when she said Trump raped him – a day after a jury ruled that he did not commit rape, reported The Hill.

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